Language Learning and Age

Dana Smith reports that the ability to learn a new language declines after a person reaches 18 years of age.

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Minds Can Remain Plastic

Andrew Koch writes with passion about the moral necessity of helping disadvantaged students, arguing on the basis of the plasticity of the human mind. He draws on both the essay of William James titled "On a Certain Blindness in Human Beings " and on current research conducted by mindset researchers such as Carolyn Dweck.

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Brain Plasticity

Angela Chen interviewed Caroline Williams, a science writer and author of My Plastic Brain. The interview explores the reality and hype surrounding brain training and brain plasticity.

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